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Friday, December 11 2015
Not So Rare Day @ Emporium Logan Square
If you missed out on Goose Island's Bourbon County Stout on Black Friday, head to Emporium Logan Square, 2363 N. Milwaukee Ave., for Not So Rare Day today starting at 4pm. The bar will be serving up bottles of BCS and multiple vintages of its variants -- and they'll also have a very limited quantity of Rare, which will be raffled at 5pm. Here's the catch, though: you have to drink it, all of it, in the bar. Not even the Rare will be available to go. No cover, 21+
Eat to the Beat with Neko Case @ Chicago Athletic Association SOLD OUT
Join Greg Kot and Jim Derogatis of WBEZ and musician/songwriter/superhero Neko Case for a multi-course meal at the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel (12 S. Michigan) prepared by a star-studded group of chefs (Mindy Segal of Hot Chocolate; Rob Levitt and Allie Levitt of The Butcher & Larder; Pete Coenen of Cherry Circle Room; Illiana Regan of Elizabeth and MORE). VIP ticketholders get a 6pm private cocktail reception with your three hosts, with drinks provided by Bub City's Paul McGee.Tickets start at $200.
2015 Annual Music Box Christmas Sing-A-Long & Double Feature
The Music Box Theatre begins their 32nd sing-along double feature of It's A Wonderful Life and White Christmas. Santa himself leads the audience in singing classic Christmas carols before and after the films! The double feature screens through December 24th, and advance tickets are available for purchase. Music Box: 3733 N. Southport. (773) 871-6604.
Home Alone @ CSO
The CSO presents a 25th anniversary screening of Home Alone with live orchestra accompaniment Dec. 11-13 in Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave. Tonight's performance is at 7pm. Tickets are $55 to $125, and are nearly gone. Purchase online or through the box office at 312-294-3000.
Covers for Cover @ Schubas
The seventh annual Covers for Cover concert benefiting the KAN-WIN Domestic Violence Center is tonight at 8pm at Schubas, 3159 N. Southport Ave. The show will feature performances by The Moxie Sisters playing 1940s Swing, Veruca Starship playing Veruca Salt
Satan's Boner playing Aerosmith, Lady Sentinels playing Madonna, Cities In Dust playing Siouxsie and the Banshees, Little Queens playing Fleetwood Mac, The Ready Freddies playing En Vogue, Va-Jay Gees playing Bee Gees and Fugashe playing Fugazi. Rattina of "Chica-Go-Go" emcees. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door. 21+
Matt Robinson @ Subterranean
London-based pianist Matt Robinson celebrates the release of his latest album, Sun Beard, with a show at Subterranean, 2011 W. North Ave., tonight. Blue Mud and the River Valley Rangers open. Doors are at 8:30pm, show's at 9. Tickets are $8 in advance, $12 day-of. 17+
Best of Too Much Light @ Neo-Futurarium
The Neo-Futurists hold their annual two-weekend best-of shows this and next weekend. Come see the best plays produced over the year for their signature show Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind, tonight at 11:30. The show happens at the Neo-Futurarium (5153 N. Ashland, near Foster); check the Neo-Futurist site for details and limited quantities of advance tickets.
